June 8 | Grades 9–12

Monday on Arizona PBS

11:30 a.m. Genius by Stephen Hawking: What Are We? (Science)

What Are We? / Genius by Stephen Hawking – Lesson Plan
Lesson 105: The Building Blocks of Life – Video
Lesson 105: How Long? – Video
Human Evolution – Lesson Plan
Evidence for Evolution – Activity
Life’s Rocky Start / The Miller-Urey Experiment – Video and Support Materials


12:30 p.m. The Great American Read: Villains and Monsters (ELA)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Video and Support Materials
Frankenstein: Analyzing Creative Works of Fiction – Lesson Plan
Gilead: Symbol or Current State – Interactive Webpage
Iago – The Ultimate Villain – Media Gallery and Support Materials
And Then There Were None – Video and Support Materials


1:30 p.m. Civilizations: Encounters (World History)

The Japanese-Portuguese Encounter | Civilizations – Video and Support Materials
The Benin – Portuguese Encounter – Video and Support Materials
The Spain-Aztec Mexico Encounter | Civilizations – Video and Support Materials

A boy rows in a lake in modern-day Benin
A boy rows in a lake in modern-day Benin. | Still from “The Japanese-Portuguese Encounter | Civilizations” / PBS LearningMedia

2:30 p.m. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War, Part 1  (US History)

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War – Collection
Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress – Video and Support Materials
Reconstruction: The Black Codes – Video and Support Materials

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